Thursday November 8, 2012 (Vol. 37 No. 90)
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Honouring his father: Surrey author Robert Mackay felt the presence of his father, Thomas, as he wrote his first historical war novel, which is set during the First World War’s Battle of Moreuil Wood, in which the elder Mackay fought. › see page A11
Consultation sought
Car found in Revelstoke
Native leaders want say on casino
Missing during road trip
Dan Ferguson Staff Reporter
Aaron Orlando
Semiahmoo First Nation councillor Joanne Charles said her people have not been consulted about a proposed casino in South Surrey. Charles was speaking at a Wednesday morning public forum hosted by residents with concerns about the proposed $100-million casino, hotel and convention centre complex at 10 Avenue and 168 Street “It’s a stone’s throw away from our traditional territory,” Charles said, complaining the proponents of the casino haven’t approached the Semiahmoo. Other than a single letter of notification, “we have not heard from them,” Charles said. She promised the Semiahmoo band will be demanding “full consultation.” The forum at the ABC restaurant on King George Boulevard was the second casino forum organized by BC NDP Surrey-White Rock candidate Susan Keeping. Many of the people who attended the first forum on Sunday, Nov. 4, were among the approximately 60 who attended the early morning meeting Wednesday. › see page A4
Off road
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Traffic backed up for hours after an overturned dump truck forced the closure of one lane on Highway 99 heading into the Semiahmoo Peninsula Monday afternoon. Police said the truck rolled over after blowing out a front tire. The driver was uninjured.
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Councillor Joanne Charles attends.
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Searchers are looking for a missing White Rock man in the Twelve Mile area south of Revelstoke after his car was discovered there Monday. Efforts to locate David Anthony Klammer – including an “intensive search” Tuesday – were unsuccessful as of Peace Arch News’ press deadline Wednesday afternoon. The 39-year-old was reported missing by his family on Oct. 21, 13 days after he left his parents’ home in Saskatoon, Sask. Police say Klammer’s backpack was located on Oct. 26 in the brush alongside a logging road. Discovery of Klammer’s white 2003 Subaru Impreza at the end of the logging road – known as David Klammer Airport Way – where White Rock man it meets the Columbia River, on Nov. 5 prompted an air search. Revelstoke RCMP Sgt. Kim Hall said Wednesday that camping equipment was found inside Klammer’s vehicle, and his bag was located on the flats of the river, about 200 metres from his car. “We haven’t determined if it was broken down or not,” Hall said. Police have no evidence that Klammer had a canoe or kayak with him, or that he was fishing on the river. “Any missing person is always a mystery,” Hall said. “There’s so many things that could happen. He could have got out of his vehicle to go for a walk and animal life took over. He could have got out of his vehicle and went down to check the water and fell in. We don’t know. Was he even down there? We don’t know.” The semi-remote area is known for wildlife, especially bears. There are some low bluffs adjacent to the Columbia River about 500 metres from where Klammer’s car was found. › see page A4
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